Shocked that I'm Pregnant...I just menstruated 3 weeks ago!! Posted: 08-27-06 09:18am
I came off the pill in January (to start a
family) and since then have only had two
periods; May and August. My last one
arrived on 8 August and lasted for approx
5 days but it wasn't really "new blood"
more of a brownish discharge.
I did a pregnancy test yesterday because I
have had a few pregnancy symptoms and it
came back positive. I was so shocked I
did another two and they came back with
the same result.
Is this possible even though I bled less
than 3 weeks ago???
It seems that you are definitely pregnant.
The problem is idnetifying when you
conceived. I'll need to know the usual
duration of your menstrual cycle before
you started using birth control pills. If
your cycle doesn’t last more than 25
days, then you may have conceived in
August. But if your cycle last more than
25 days, you probably didn’t conceive in
August but sometime in May or June. I
recommend you to visit your gynecologist
for an ultrasound examination to confirm
the pregnancy and to determine the
possible pregnancy age according to the
embryo’s dimensions. Both the data from
ultrasound examination and the date of
your last period/cycle's duration will
give us a more clear picture about the
time and date of possible conception.
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